CaliHHRN replied to TexasmedicRN's topic in Home Health
That's the downside to getting paid by points or per visit. If there's no visits you make nothing that day. With that said if the company is getting a lot of referrals then you can take advantage and...
CaliHHRN replied to Allysong's topic in Home Health
Find a per diem home health job that will allow you to work on your days off just so you can get some experience and see if you like it or not. Alot of nurses in California work in hospitals and will...
CaliHHRN replied to CaliHHRN's topic in Home Health
Same. We had a meeting discussing with therapists about quality over quantity when it came to visits. Im guessing agenicies will be cutting therapy staff or paying less for them. We'll see how it goes...
Any thoughts on what it's going to be like for us HH nurses next year? The way I read it there is no reimbursement for therapy visits so I'm guessing the PT/OT/ST's are going to take a hit or agencies...
CaliHHRN replied to Nursevibes's topic in Home Health
You can call the patient 30 mins to an hour of you going to the visit and request for the pets to be put outside or in another room. You are there for the patient not to entertain their pets. Some of...
Home health visits at minimum should be 30 minutes not 45 that's per medicare guidelines and must include a skilled intervention or a teaching on your documentation. I'm not sure how one would do the...
CaliHHRN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Home Health
LOL. That's why sometimes I find it's easier just to see the patient myself and get the visit over with than to have to explain to someone else even if it's technically my day off. I'm surprised the...
I did the Kaplan Live Online Reviewer in 2016. it teaches you how to break down each question regardless if you know the pathophys of the disease or not. The way the review works is you go online with...
CaliHHRN replied to Dakota Metz's topic in Home Health
Get wound care certified (WCC) eventually if you do decide to continue working in home health that way more wound patients are assigned to you. I say this because wound care patients are the easiest...
Sorry for another PVT post. So i took my NCLEX-RN exam in California today. After the test i went straight to my car and attempted to register for another exam and got the good pop up. Tried it again...
Congratulations. So by the good pop up did you enter your credit card info and click next that is when you saw the good pop up (the red triangle that says our records indicate etc) or do you have to...
Just to be more clear for the 2nd attempt i filled out my school info clicked next inputted my credit card info in checkout step 1 and clicked next. Checkout step 2 had the red triangle and "our...
The 1st and 2nd times i entered my credit card in and got the good pop up this was after hitting submit one was 10 mins after exam 2nd was 30 mins after exam. On the 2nd try got the good pop up went...
So i either passed and lost $200 or flat out failed? Anyone try it right after the exam and have the "trick" results change like mine or did pushing the submit button a second time right after getting...
First two tries said "our records indicated that you have recently scheduled this exam..." third time it took my payment thats after clicking submit again right after the 2nd